Why are data released so rapidly?
The disease-related epigenome maps generated through this initiative are considered a community resource. As such, the data generated by the funded investigators must be made freely available as rapidly as possible, i.e. as soon as the data are verified. The specific data release policy for the Roadmap Epigenomics program will be established with the NIH and the participating funded investigators. Although mapping data are released, once verified, individual investigators are encouraged to publish using data gathered as part of this effort.
